Lower Heath CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Whitchurch, Shropshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.029 miles
Published by Shropshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lower Heath CofE Primary School is a primary school in Whitchurch, Shropshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 September 2023. Shropshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Lower Heath CofE Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 6.029 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 53% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 6.029 miles away, the 41st longest of 123 Shropshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 16 first-choice applications for 16 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 15 Reception places are published for 2027.
- 9.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Shropshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Shropshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Lower Heath, Prees, Lower Heath Ce Primary School, Whitchurch, SY13 2BT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Shropshire
- Pupils on roll
- 105 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 September 2023
Strengths
- “This is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “They know their pupils and their families well.”
- “They use this knowledge to cultivate strong, nurturing relationships with pupils.”
To improve
- “However, particularly in the foundation subjects, teachers do not always provide pupils with activities that are best suited to the intended learning.”
- “This is because teachers sometimes lack the subject knowledge needed to adapt the curriculum appropriately.”
- “Where this happens, this limits pupils’ progress.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 53% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 16 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 16 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Shropshire.
- Prees CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Moreton Say CofE Primary School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Tilstock CofE Primary and Nursery 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hodnet Primary School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Primary School 4.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Whixall CofE Primary School 4.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Buntingsdale Primary School and Nursery 4.7 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Whitchurch CofE Infant and Nursery Academy 5.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published